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Bhagavad-gītā (008) (Akshara-Brahma Yoga)6.30.23-28
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Mahabharata · 6.30.23-28
॥
Devanāgarī

यत्र काले त्व् अनावृत्तिम् आवृत्तिं चैव योगिनः ॥
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालं वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभ ॥
अग्निर् ज्योतिर् अहः शुक्लः षण्मासा उत्तरायणम् ॥
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्ति ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाः ॥
धूमो रात्रिस् तथा कृष्णः षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम् ॥
तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर् योगी प्राप्य निवर्तते ॥
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्य् एते जगतः शाश्वते मते ॥
एकया यात्य् अनावृत्तिम् अन्ययावर्तते पुनः ॥
नैते सृती पार्थ जानन् योगी मुह्यति कश् चन ॥
तस्मात् सर्वेषु कालेषु योगयुक्तो भवार्जुन ॥
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैव; दानेषु यत् पुण्यफलं प्रदिष्टम् ॥
अत्येति तत् सर्वम् इदं विदित्वा; योगी परं स्थानम् उपैति चाद्यम् ॥

Transliteration (IAST)

yatra kāle tv anāvṛttim āvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥ ||
prayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃ vakṣyāmi bharatarṣabha ||
agnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥ ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇam ||
tatra prayātā gacchanti brahma brahmavido janāḥ ||
dhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥ ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanam ||
tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotir yogī prāpya nivartate ||
śuklakṛṣṇe gatī hy ete jagataḥ śāśvate mate ||
ekayā yāty anāvṛttim anyayāvartate punaḥ ||
naite sṛtī pārtha jānan yogī muhyati kaś cana ||
tasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣu yogayukto bhavārjuna ||
vedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caiva; dāneṣu yat puṇyaphalaṃ pradiṣṭam ||
atyeti tat sarvam idaṃ viditvā; yogī paraṃ sthānam upaiti cādyam ||

Word-by-word
SanskritIASTMeaning
यत्र काले त्व् अनावृत्तिम्yatra kāle tv anāvṛttimat what time, indeed, non-return; on what path do they not return
आवृत्तिं चैव योगिनःāvṛttiṃ caiva yoginaḥand return, indeed, the yogis; and on what do the yogis return
प्रयाता यान्ति तं कालंprayātā yānti taṃ kālaṃhaving departed, they go, that time; having gone forth, they reach that path
वक्ष्यामि भरतर्षभvakṣyāmi bharatarṣabhaI shall tell, best of the Bharatas; I shall explain, O bull among the Bharatas
अग्निर् ज्योतिर् अहः शुक्लःagnir jyotir ahaḥ śuklaḥfire, light, day, the bright fortnight; flame, radiance, day, and the bright path
षण्मासा उत्तरायणम्ṣaṇmāsā uttarāyaṇamthe six months of the northern course; the half-year of the sun's northward course
तत्र प्रयाता गच्छन्तिtatra prayātā gacchantithere the departed go; those who have gone by this path attain
ब्रह्म ब्रह्मविदो जनाःbrahma brahmavido janāḥBrahman — people who know Brahman; the knowers of Brahman reach Brahman
धूमो रात्रिस् तथा कृष्णःdhūmo rātris tathā kṛṣṇaḥsmoke, night, and likewise the dark fortnight; smoke, night, and the dark path
षण्मासा दक्षिणायनम्ṣaṇmāsā dakṣiṇāyanamthe six months of the southern course; the half-year of the sun's southward course
तत्र चान्द्रमसं ज्योतिर्tatra cāndramasaṃ jyotirthere, of lunar light; there, of the moon's radiance
योगी प्राप्य निवर्ततेyogī prāpya nivartatethe yogi, having attained it, returns; the yogi, having reached it, comes back
शुक्लकृष्णे गती ह्य् एतेśuklakṛṣṇe gatī hy etethese indeed are the bright and dark paths; these two paths, the white and the black
जगतः शाश्वते मतेjagataḥ śāśvate mateare held to be eternal for the world; are recognized as unchanging for the world
एकया यात्य् अनावृत्तिम्ekayā yāty anāvṛttimby one he goes to non-return; through one he attains non-return
अन्ययावर्तते पुनःanyayāvartate punaḥby the other he returns again; through the other he comes back again
नैते सृती पार्थ जानन्naite sṛtī pārtha jānanknowing these two paths, son of Pritha; knowing these roads, O son of Pritha
योगी मुह्यति कश् चनyogī muhyati kaś canano yogi is ever deluded; not a single yogi falls into confusion
तस्मात् सर्वेषु कालेषुtasmāt sarveṣu kāleṣutherefore at all times; hence always
योगयुक्तो भवार्जुनyogayukto bhavārjunabe joined with yoga, Arjuna; be established in yoga, O Arjuna
वेदेषु यज्ञेषु तपःसु चैवvedeṣu yajñeṣu tapaḥsu caivain the Vedas, sacrifices, and austerities; in the study of the Vedas, sacrifices, and penances
दानेषु यत् पुण्यफलंdāneṣu yat puṇyaphalaṃwhatever holy fruit is in gifts; whatever fruit of merit is in giving
प्रदिष्टम्pradiṣṭamis prescribed; is ordained
अत्येति तत् सर्वम्atyeti tat sarvamsurpasses all this; transcends all this
इदं विदित्वाidaṃ viditvāhaving known this; having learned this knowledge
योगी परं स्थानम्yogī paraṃ sthānamthe yogi, the supreme place; the yogi, the supreme abode
उपैति चाद्यम्upaiti cādyamattains, the primeval one; arrives at the primeval abode
Translation

'O best of the Bharatas, I shall tell thee of the time at which yogis, having departed, reach non-return, and of the time at which they return. Fire, light, day, the bright fortnight, and the six months of the sun's northward course — departing by this path, the knowers of Brahman reach Brahman. Smoke, night, the dark fortnight, and the six months of the sun's southward course — reaching by this path the light of the moon, the yogi returns. These two paths of the world, the bright and the dark, are held to be eternal: by one a man goes to non-return, by the other he returns again. Knowing these two paths, O son of Pritha, no yogi is ever deluded; therefore at all times be joined with yoga, O Arjuna. Knowing this, the yogi surpasses whatever holy fruit is prescribed in the Vedas, in sacrifices, in austerities, and in gifts, and attains the supreme, primeval abode.'

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